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The attempt by machine politicians to loot the Borough of Teterboro (and drive up the property taxes of its citizens) is a disgrace - anyone who believes in fairness should be condemning it. There is no evidence whatsoever to support the notion that smaller school districts or smaller municipalities (or smaller counties for that matter) cost more to operate or are "less efficient". In fact, almost without exception, the numbers (which are available online) show that just the opposite is true - especially in New Jersey. Home rule is not the problem - the 50-year-long effort by machine-politicians to undermine home-rule and rob NJ taxpayers of their liberty and prosperity is the problem. 50 years ago we had more towns than we have today, and there was much more local control. We had no income tax. We had no sales tax. Sure, we had Property Taxes, but they paid for local services we actually received. We had a tiny government in Trenton and our citizens had much more control over their lives, their property, and their government. Our motto - Liberty and Prosperity - was a description - not a joke. Machine politicians don't like small towns - it's hard to skim much from such small piles of cash, and they had already looted our cities, where the piles were bigger. So they told us that "home-rule is inefficient" and keep telling us that "if only you give up a little more of your local control, things will be better", and that has brought us to where we are today: High Income Taxes - High Sales Taxes - High Property Taxes – and a giant bureaucracy in Trenton for an insatiable appetite for our cash.